Bis-macrocyclic Ligands with Two Ferrocenyl End Groups, and Their Tetranuclear Dicopper(I) Compounds

A series of bismacrocyclic ligands with two ferrocenyl groups, exo/endo-1,1‘:1‘ ‘,1‘ ‘‘-[1,2,4,5-tetrakis(5-aza-2-thiahexa-5-enyl)benzene]bisferrocene (exo/endo-FeBeFe), 1,1‘:1‘ ‘,1‘ ‘‘-[1,2:1‘,2‘-tetrakis(5-aza-2-thiahexa-5-enyl)ethene]bisferrocene (1,2-FeEnFe), 1,1‘:1‘ ‘,1‘ ‘‘-[1,1‘:2,2‘-tetrakis(5-aza-2-thiahexa-5-enyl)ethene]bisferrocene (1,1-FeEnFe), 1,1‘:1‘ ‘,1‘ ‘‘-[tetrakis(5-aza-2-thiahexa-5-enyl)methane]bisferrocene (FeMeFe), and their dicopper(I) compounds have been synthesized and characterized (electrochemistry, IR, NMR and Mossbauer spectroscopy). The molecular structure of endo-FeBeFe has been determined by X-ray structure analysis and the copper(I)-induced discrimination of t…